Thomas Baird has been choreographing in period-style and
reconstructing baroque dances for over 15 years. For ten years,
he and baroque dancer, Paige Whitley-Bauguess, have collaborated
on many performances that include original choreography in the
18th century style, reconstructed dances from Feuillet notation,
and notated dances that have been adapted to other music.

For several years, Mr. Baird has choreographed dances in period
style for performances by the Japanese baroque dance group, Fetes
de Versailles. In 1999, Mr. Baird reconstructed a suite of ballroom
and theatrical dances for the first collaboration between The
Joffrey Ballet School and the Mannes School of Music. In 2000,
Mr. Baird was named the Baker Artist - in - Residence at Muhlenberg
College in Allentown, PA. While there, he served as choreographer
of the college's production of Henry Purcell's "Dido and
Aeneas", and taught twice - weekly baroque dance classes.

In 2002, Mr. Baird and Ms. Whitley-Bauguess were the choreographers
of Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" as well as dancers in
"The Fairy Queen" for the Dunbar Early Music Festival
at Northwestern University. Also, this year, they co-choreographed
and danced in John Blow's "Venus and Adonis" at East
Carolina University.